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let us cooperate. [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] [speaking in foreign language] >> he was a disciplined leader of our movement, and let us send him off with great discipline. let us demonstrate to ourselves and all and sundry that we are disciplined. with that, i request let the speakers give their input, and as i said, we have three, president of india, president of cuba, president -- and then we are done. [speaking in foreign language] >> so let us be disciplined. i now call upon the president of india. thank you very much. applause [applause] [speaking in foreign language] >> distinguished leaders, imminent heads of state, and the world community gathered here. it is a difference that i, on behalf of the government and the people of india, join the south african nation in paying homage -- >> there's a band up there. that band, i know that you are
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since 2012, one metric has used its use of high-dose opiates by 20% and decreasing oxycontin use by 99%. [applause] for veterans entering the justice system who are dealing with substance abuse, we have established something all the justice outreach, vjo. it is an office of 172 full-time specialists working directly with the justice officials to see that veterans who are either before the court or already in jail get the care they need and that courts are supported in their consideration of best possible alternatives to incarceration on this. we are supportive of you on this. we are working to connect our specialists with american indian tribal justice systems to do the same thing. in their first year, 2010, vjo specialist served 5800 veterans. this year that number is up to nearly 36,000 veterans, and we plan to hire another 75 specialists next year. very few of the veterans who are served by vjo are first-time offenders. over 93% who have spent time in jail or prison, 20% have spent a year or more behind bars. 40% of these veterans have been homeless at least once. these are the chall
since 2012, one metric has used its use of high-dose opiates by 20% and decreasing oxycontin use by 99%. [applause] for veterans entering the justice system who are dealing with substance abuse, we have established something all the justice outreach, vjo. it is an office of 172 full-time specialists working directly with the justice officials to see that veterans who are either before the court or already in jail get the care they need and that courts are supported in their consideration of...
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a lot of us have talked about 25%. at least a level 25% that we need to reach. >> the challenge is how far we are willing to go in broadening the base. we do not have the ability to lose it revenue as about the business tax reform. it is challenging to get to 25%. >> do you agree on the corporate side that we should be revenue neutral? my understanding is that in the past we have focused on the corporate rate. >> have the tax code be simplified and consistent with a more robust investment environment, particularly in a competitive environment with other countries. i think it can be done in a revenue neutral way. i do nothing would have the ability to raise the revenue we need to deal with the fiscal problem is with the business tax reform. >> in regards to business taxation, many have made the argument that we need to pay very close attention to the individual code regard to its impact on business taxation. do you think we can do corporate reform without also doing individual tax reform? >> i think we could, but i do n
a lot of us have talked about 25%. at least a level 25% that we need to reach. >> the challenge is how far we are willing to go in broadening the base. we do not have the ability to lose it revenue as about the business tax reform. it is challenging to get to 25%. >> do you agree on the corporate side that we should be revenue neutral? my understanding is that in the past we have focused on the corporate rate. >> have the tax code be simplified and consistent with a more...
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that we gave to the stakeholders on wednesday afternoon was their opportunity to pose questions to us and have an exchange, and that the opportunity for the press for us to have a briefing and have questions and answers would come at the end of the round when we had completed the round uring this hour. >> having a specific commitment. scientific these negotiation, we are discussing very broadly for all sectors. and andrement what is being done. it is not close. it is just the reason we expect to work. and within each of the sectors, these issues are looking into. we will see how far it is possible to go under each of these issues and each of those sectors. i think that's important to ear in mind. >> i have a question. the commission this week released a draft regulation on restricting products from cloned animals, and i'm just -- can you tell us to what extent that issue will find its way into the trade agreement, into the trade negotiations, and can you elaborate on some of the food safety issues this week? >> all the specific proposal of the commission has a note that, no, it's not
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thank you for being with us. have a great day. things escalate so quickly, a moment that seems so loving can just turn and flip and be so out of control. this is one of those days and it ended with adam packing to leave, and sasha going through his things and slaying a hidden hidden -- seeing a handgun. asking what is this, and he said i'm going to sell it. they had no money. she held the gun, and he went in the room and came out with a shotgun. and really tried to jam it at her, so she would get her goat so much and hold the trigger and kill him. as i describe in the hook, she wanted to. >> they return home is only half the story. the u.s. is the man of infantry. in, there are tables out in front with lots of pamphlets. prior to entering the gun show. and the handles are all healthy government is trying to take away your right to own guns. obamacare is terrible rate of those because i wanted to talk to, because those are the ones who had the ideas. i'm an academic, i'm a researcher graham and i'm doing research on these organizat
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in that allowed for us. what can we do -- think out loud for us. what can we do? >> i appreciate the question, senator carper. >> before you do that, i have questions for you. this is a warm-up. is there anything in your background that might present a conflict of duties? >> no, i am not. >> is there anything that would prevent you from fully and honorably discharged in the office that you have been nominated for? >> no, i do not. >> these it was are out of the way. -- the easy ones are out of the way. thank you for your time. >> the three ingredients you need to cook anything up in washington are there. you have a proposal from the administration. you have a version of the bill from the house and you have your own version of a bill from the senate. the question is, can we work together to coalesce around some basic principles. we all share the view that we need to efficiently and effectively use these federal assets. we need to not only ensure we are fully utilizing the assets we have under our control, but that we are realizing the most value from them and dispo
in that allowed for us. what can we do -- think out loud for us. what can we do? >> i appreciate the question, senator carper. >> before you do that, i have questions for you. this is a warm-up. is there anything in your background that might present a conflict of duties? >> no, i am not. >> is there anything that would prevent you from fully and honorably discharged in the office that you have been nominated for? >> no, i do not. >> these it was are out of...
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thank you for joining us. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> season two of first ladies begins monday with a look at the life of edith roosevelt. we are offering a special edition of the book "first ladies of united states of america." it is available for the discounted price of $12.95. our website has more about the first ladies. it is produced by our partners at the white house as terkel situation -- white house historical. >> c-span. in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and conferences. offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house as a public service of ride industry. industry 30 years ago and funded by your local satellite provider. you can now watch this in hd. >> in his weekly address, president obama discusses his proposal for strikes against syria. address. republican >> almost three weeks ago in syria, more than 1,000 innocent people -- including hundreds of child
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you can hear us. he want to just give them a chance to comment on each other. i think it's an excellent presentation, and i think, you know, it points at some of the challenges here. i mean, i think the slide on connecticut where you see that in crime among the population right at the moment when the records go in, in the database, but then the limited impact, because so few people are covered in this -- ory of involuntary involuntarily committed people or people who have been deemed mentally defective is one of the problems. i think, joe, as you were saying, you know, this is -- gun violence is a very complicated problem. and there is, you know, pardon the pun, there is no silver bullet to solve it. there is -- i think you rightly point out that there are many solutions that are not gun law solutions, but in the range of solutions that are gun law solutions, there are many, many, many things that could be , and there's good evidence are effective. so background checks is a big piece of it, but background check themselves are just one element of a system that y
you can hear us. he want to just give them a chance to comment on each other. i think it's an excellent presentation, and i think, you know, it points at some of the challenges here. i mean, i think the slide on connecticut where you see that in crime among the population right at the moment when the records go in, in the database, but then the limited impact, because so few people are covered in this -- ory of involuntary involuntarily committed people or people who have been deemed mentally...
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thank you for joining us. [applause] >> there was no school because most of the teachers were in -- weren't concentrated -- weren't incarcerated in concentration camps. they were taken into custody. -- try totry to hide hide in the attic and a day or two later they came again and said we have orders to bring in the party. eb does not give himself up, we have to take you in. my father always said he wanted to stay because he had a store and he was doing fine and he was taking good care of his family. he did not have his store anymore. he found a lady, i french lady -- a french lady he was making it her business after kristal lnacht to take children across the border into france. she did it for money, not the goodness of her heart. >> survivors of the night of broken glass. not seize burned the synagogues across germany and austria in november 1938. eastern.ay, at 7 p.m. >> c-span, we bring public affair of vents -- events directly to you putting you in the rooms of hearings and conferences and offering complete
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we used to be 16, which was unfortunate because they referred to us as sweet 16. [laughter] we made united states history inn there was a traffic jam the united states senate women's bathroom. [laughter] light probably came to most recently with the shutdown where we had half of the women in the group of 14 that actually pushed the leadership on a deal, framework to resolve that. they were women. it was half republicans, including kelly ayotte and lisa myself and senator high camp. we worked together and it made a very big difference. the trust that we have is genuine. we get together for dinner every other month. we had a minnesota public debt or. -- potluck dinner. that was senator mikulski and her husband actually fixed the salmon and froze it and sent it to her. we allow the meant to be hunter gatherers. [laughter] >> great. i would like to ask all three congresswoman -- have you seen this spirit that the senator is talking about? we haven't heard about it has leading to the house as much here and has there been an effort to translate it to the other chamber a
we used to be 16, which was unfortunate because they referred to us as sweet 16. [laughter] we made united states history inn there was a traffic jam the united states senate women's bathroom. [laughter] light probably came to most recently with the shutdown where we had half of the women in the group of 14 that actually pushed the leadership on a deal, framework to resolve that. they were women. it was half republicans, including kelly ayotte and lisa myself and senator high camp. we worked...
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he will try to divide us. he will try to get us to fight with each other, question each other so we do not challenge him. if we play into his hands, we will betray the voters who supported us in the country that we serve. we cannot let that happen. we need to be smart. we need to show prudence. what do i mean when i say that? prudence is good judgment in the art of governing. abraham lincoln called it one of the cardinal virtues. it is our greatest obligation as public servants. we have to find the good in every situation and choose the best means to achieve it. the prudent man is like a captain at sea, he does curse of the wind him he uses it to reach his destination. i'm not saying that we should be excessively cautious. what i'm saying is that when we see an opening, however small, we should take it. if you want to promote conservatism, we will need to use every tool at our disposal. sometimes we will have to reject the president's proposals. that time might come more than once. just the other day, he said
he will try to divide us. he will try to get us to fight with each other, question each other so we do not challenge him. if we play into his hands, we will betray the voters who supported us in the country that we serve. we cannot let that happen. we need to be smart. we need to show prudence. what do i mean when i say that? prudence is good judgment in the art of governing. abraham lincoln called it one of the cardinal virtues. it is our greatest obligation as public servants. we have to find...
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thank you for joining us today. between consumer protection and your committee -- you with the former chairman of the subcommittee, so i appreciate you cooperating with us and allowing us to have this hearing although we could argue about the jurisdiction. >> i am thrilled that you are chairing the subcommittee. it is a great team of people here. have a greatay we leader in chairwoman the pasco mccaskill. we may have overlapping jurisdiction, but i do not care. your coin to handle this hearing just great. -- you are going to handle this hearing just great. looking at the numbers, it is clear that the bill got call registry has been a success. i am please the ftc is working with states to crackown on robocalls and other illegal activities. if everybody is working together, we can solve this. i did not want to interrupt, but thank you. >> michael altschul? >> good morning. thank you forctia, the opportunity to participate in this morning plus a hearing to protect consumers from unlawful robocalls and text messages. we
thank you for joining us today. between consumer protection and your committee -- you with the former chairman of the subcommittee, so i appreciate you cooperating with us and allowing us to have this hearing although we could argue about the jurisdiction. >> i am thrilled that you are chairing the subcommittee. it is a great team of people here. have a greatay we leader in chairwoman the pasco mccaskill. we may have overlapping jurisdiction, but i do not care. your coin to handle this...
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that does connect us all. i want to thank my colleagues who are here today and i want to thank all the witnesses for appearing before the committee. and he additional questions for the record should be submitted to the committee clerk five business days from today. that is by 4 p.m. tuesday, november 12. we are adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> and a few moments "washington journal" is live. at 10 a.m. eastern, " newsmakers." after that, last week's hearing with health and human services secretary kathleen's ability as, talking about the health care law and the latest improvements being made to the health care.gov website. the places note called the mercedes-benz superdome in new orleans where the new orleans saints play. it is built entirely at public expense. after hurricane katrina badly damaged the area and when they hosted football games again, that was a national feel-good story. the public paid for all the repai
that does connect us all. i want to thank my colleagues who are here today and i want to thank all the witnesses for appearing before the committee. and he additional questions for the record should be submitted to the committee clerk five business days from today. that is by 4 p.m. tuesday, november 12. we are adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> and a few moments "washington journal" is...
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all ofice is protecting us from future volatility or future risk. fuel price volatility, regulatory risk -- we are insulating ourselves from that because we can lock in our price for 20 or 30 years. that is something important to think about as we build out energy in this country. projects,velop wind the industry takes very seriously with the local impacts are of the project. we spend a significant amount of time before, during, and after the project is completed studying the local impacts of our projects. with several experts that have come to the industry over the years. we do work with the federal aviation administration on rules and the department of defense on ensuring that the turbines to not interact with other objects at altitude. safetyhting is part of a measure, obviously, that is a requirement as part of our regulatory program. do work closely with the federal aviation administration and the department of defense to understand visuals and make sure they work in conjunction, not only for the wind industry, but also for the surrounding comm
all ofice is protecting us from future volatility or future risk. fuel price volatility, regulatory risk -- we are insulating ourselves from that because we can lock in our price for 20 or 30 years. that is something important to think about as we build out energy in this country. projects,velop wind the industry takes very seriously with the local impacts are of the project. we spend a significant amount of time before, during, and after the project is completed studying the local impacts of...
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that was an effective use of my time. i also recognize that when we act strictly and narrowly, we can do damage. your staff must be trained and have access to innovative new resources and tools. software new implemented that helps with the backlog and is more effective, you're going to need training at that level. that is not what we are talking about here. and a fan of having trained productive public and private workforce that are doing the best job. i am not going to be your advocate. -- i am not going to be your advocate for spending nearly a million dollars for a conference that had marketing. i recognize there are limitations on how you deal with accountability. that is an area we need to do a better job in, too. thank you for owning this problem and implementing as many of those recommendations. i'm going to take a different twist. 's reaction might cause harm and not get to the real issue. smart aboutu to be how you spend your money, regardless of what it is and what it is attended -- intended for. my district is
that was an effective use of my time. i also recognize that when we act strictly and narrowly, we can do damage. your staff must be trained and have access to innovative new resources and tools. software new implemented that helps with the backlog and is more effective, you're going to need training at that level. that is not what we are talking about here. and a fan of having trained productive public and private workforce that are doing the best job. i am not going to be your advocate. -- i...
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for now, that leaves us for continuing coverage tomorrow on njtv. i am mikef us here, schneider. thank you for washing. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> every weekend since 1960 eight, book tv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming with the top nonfiction authors. iste i thought, wow, that the answer. women in politics. no more women and power. and said i editor wanted to write a book. >> all of us in the working- class are subjected to punitive taxes, being ignored by the elite media, not getting any kind of special interest held in washington like the fact has to get. we are all in the same boat no matter what color we are. >> with the only national tv network -- we are the only national tv network dedicated to nonfiction. >> this week the federal government reopened after a 16 day shutdown. to get stolen was a race. president obama used his weekly address. gives theelli republican address. he criticized the health care law. ken cuccinelli is running for governor in regina. >> hi e
for now, that leaves us for continuing coverage tomorrow on njtv. i am mikef us here, schneider. thank you for washing. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> every weekend since 1960 eight, book tv has shown over 40,000 hours of programming with the top nonfiction authors. iste i thought, wow, that the answer. women in politics. no more women and power. and said i editor wanted to write a book....
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i think it should hit all of us. in the decade ending doesn't think about the growth rate was almost quadrupled the national average. we were at 45% of the rest of the country. to put that even in greater context, let me tell you that we comprise up to 5% of the world's population, but we house 25% of the world's visitors. -- world's prisoners. kentucky was the epicenter of prison growth for the country. did all that translate come all that record spending and record incarceration translate into better public safety, less crime, less recidivism? in kentucky, it did not. all that spending amounted to very little. recidivism remained above the national average. our crime rate had always been relatively flat. the crime rate has been dropping for some time, but we only enjoyed about 1/3 of that job. -- of that drop. we were about 6% of the previous decade. the rest of the country was 19%. we remained flat as well, and our sister state to the south, tennessee, their crime rate up again, we are one of the safer states in t
i think it should hit all of us. in the decade ending doesn't think about the growth rate was almost quadrupled the national average. we were at 45% of the rest of the country. to put that even in greater context, let me tell you that we comprise up to 5% of the world's population, but we house 25% of the world's visitors. -- world's prisoners. kentucky was the epicenter of prison growth for the country. did all that translate come all that record spending and record incarceration translate...
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people used to say, hey potluck, cap five dollars? no problem. go ahead and take care of the parking lot. he said, don't worried. i am thinking, financially, the oath of office. my code in january, 2005. grandfather popped up in front of me. keep yourself strong financially. i put all of my efforts. i used every bit of capital of mine. i said there are two things you don't waste. you don't waste a mandate and you don't waste a crisis. i had a great mandate and i was determined to fix the finance of our state. typing with my administration working hard, that we worked hard and turned the finances. recessionrough the better than most any state in the nation. whenever cut back any education. never cut back on any of our programs for our children and our seniors. we expanded ourselves because we had ourselves financially strong. my number one goal, fix the finances. sooner or later, someone has to fix the debt. that is what i would hope to be able to achieve. i am working very hard across the aisle, talking to everybody. is there way we can move forw
people used to say, hey potluck, cap five dollars? no problem. go ahead and take care of the parking lot. he said, don't worried. i am thinking, financially, the oath of office. my code in january, 2005. grandfather popped up in front of me. keep yourself strong financially. i put all of my efforts. i used every bit of capital of mine. i said there are two things you don't waste. you don't waste a mandate and you don't waste a crisis. i had a great mandate and i was determined to fix the...
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thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. explain whate you your job was in the commonwealth. >> i ran the commonwealth health insurance connector authority. it was an exchange for primarily folks who do not have insurance, low and moderate income. insurers 250,000 people. >> more immediately, the looming deadline, this saturday, the white house a department of health and human serious is -- services insisting that healthcare.gov will be operational. what is your confidence level it will be working? >> they are making steady progress, and would expect come the end of november, it will be better than it is today. it won't be perfect. this is going to be a work in progress for some months to come to get a completely up to snuff, and then for years, to continue to improve it. we did that in massachusetts. >> you have been quoted as saying it is more than just a website problem. explain. it is an entire reform, particularly for the small group insurance markets, that have not functioned very well in this country.
thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. explain whate you your job was in the commonwealth. >> i ran the commonwealth health insurance connector authority. it was an exchange for primarily folks who do not have insurance, low and moderate income. insurers 250,000 people. >> more immediately, the looming deadline, this saturday, the white house a department of health and human serious is -- services insisting that healthcare.gov will be operational. what is your confidence...
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>> generally not other than the restrictions on how you can use wiretap information. there is the protection of innocent calls. but generally, you can use that information if it relates to other criminal conduct according to the rules of procedure in the law. >> so it might take away, having heard you describe in detail how the 215 program works and the 702 program works, the restrictions and limitations on use from those two programs is much more restrictive and limited than what prosecutors and law-enforcement are using on a daily basis throughout the united states investigating argenbright he crimes being committed by u.s. citizens. >> there are some differences here and there, for example, the burden to get a wiretap may be a four -- 470n than two, but it would be different if we wanted to do pfizer for someone in the united states. that would be probable cause standard, but in for intelligence. >> thank you. >> thank you, the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from washington. >> thank you for being here today. last month when director mueller appeared before this
>> generally not other than the restrictions on how you can use wiretap information. there is the protection of innocent calls. but generally, you can use that information if it relates to other criminal conduct according to the rules of procedure in the law. >> so it might take away, having heard you describe in detail how the 215 program works and the 702 program works, the restrictions and limitations on use from those two programs is much more restrictive and limited than what...
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the way most of us get health care. i do not think was a look at immigrants and say, how are they going to get health care? the simba members of congress and health care. it is the simple as they are probably going to get health care. i want to say to everybody here. i want to say to those who have come here. i will butcher your name. i want to say to both of you, we have a bill. it was introduced to the gentle lady from california. for 10 years i insisted nothing happened on any particular part of a comprehensive immigration reform unless we did it all. last year, i think a good faith to show we wanted to work with everybody we said 50,000, i would not object. we did not want you to get something while everybody else lost something. it comes from the very first day with your wife. we believe we should welcome you and your talents and at this into how to make a distinction between serving you and bring your taught them being sacrificing the fact your family might not be there with you. with the that is important. i will
the way most of us get health care. i do not think was a look at immigrants and say, how are they going to get health care? the simba members of congress and health care. it is the simple as they are probably going to get health care. i want to say to everybody here. i want to say to those who have come here. i will butcher your name. i want to say to both of you, we have a bill. it was introduced to the gentle lady from california. for 10 years i insisted nothing happened on any particular...
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it will help us understand why i think it's basically impossible to limit the use of the nuclear option in this instance to executive nominees which is what the majority has claimed they would like to do. and then lastly, and i think most importantly for the long term health of the institution but also the republic why i think why it is ultimately impossible to transform this senate into a purely majoritarian body like the house of representatives. because of that i think it should give them pause in their efforts. if they go through with this it may result in more dysfunction at the end without arriving at the end point in which they would like to. i think first here, imagine a continuum, think back to college and high school. think of that as a rules based continuum. the house is obviously more rules based and the senate is better relations based. the senate informal rules govern things. precedence, norms, traditions, acceptable behavior. this tells us something important about the legislative process. in the house it's rules based. the important decisions are made before they get to
it will help us understand why i think it's basically impossible to limit the use of the nuclear option in this instance to executive nominees which is what the majority has claimed they would like to do. and then lastly, and i think most importantly for the long term health of the institution but also the republic why i think why it is ultimately impossible to transform this senate into a purely majoritarian body like the house of representatives. because of that i think it should give them...
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we just need you to speak out and help us a little bit more, challenge us to do our job. if people like yourself are in the know, we do not have the political will to do it needs to be done. every citizen in america has to face a budget. every one of them has to live within that budget and we are unwilling to make that difficult decision. we will go into sugar shock ready soon. unless we hear the unbridled truth from people in the know, people who have been there, it's not like it's the impossible dream. we have not had a budget for five, going on six years. i would like to get back to that again. i would like to think that people like you could help steer us back in that direction. be bold. >> senator schumer. >> thank you, mr. chairmain, and thank you everyone. i want to follow-up on a question that heidi hyde cap brought up. i agree with senator manchin, it's not upgraded problem. our greatest problem is that middle-class incomes are declining. the amazing thing is that they decline not just because of the recession but they actually declined between 2001-2007. the per
we just need you to speak out and help us a little bit more, challenge us to do our job. if people like yourself are in the know, we do not have the political will to do it needs to be done. every citizen in america has to face a budget. every one of them has to live within that budget and we are unwilling to make that difficult decision. we will go into sugar shock ready soon. unless we hear the unbridled truth from people in the know, people who have been there, it's not like it's the...
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government's use of phone records, e-mails, and other data. are you willing to trade privacy for security? here are the numbers to call --
government's use of phone records, e-mails, and other data. are you willing to trade privacy for security? here are the numbers to call --
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they provided us some useful information. one of the things they suggested was, there is a great deal of skepticism and concern on the part of the industry about a mandate. we are currently working through that with them to see where we can get with it before we can commence any sort of a formal rulemaking process. we are trying to figure out what we can reach agreement with the stakeholders on. >> the framework for consolidation and realignment of faa facilities? that is a very complicated undertaking for us. the important thing on that one is to get it right. we have had many false starts in trying to consolidate facilities. that is because we have not had consistent criteria and repeatable processes to look at them. we have not taken account of the airspace impacts, which has yielded essential savings. our focus is on correcting those problems. working collaboratively with our unions to figure out how to structure that program. it has taken longer than we would like. we are making good progress on that. >> one final questi
they provided us some useful information. one of the things they suggested was, there is a great deal of skepticism and concern on the part of the industry about a mandate. we are currently working through that with them to see where we can get with it before we can commence any sort of a formal rulemaking process. we are trying to figure out what we can reach agreement with the stakeholders on. >> the framework for consolidation and realignment of faa facilities? that is a very...
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thank you for having us here. thank you to the panelists for engaging in the conversation of the court. >> now supreme court speaks inice roberts white sulfur springs, west virginia. the supreme court wrapped up its 2013 term this week come announcing decisions on affirmative action, the voting rights law, and the defense of marriage act. this is about 40 minutes. >> even the not can it. i just wanted to have a few comments before i set down with judge wilkinson. i think these conferences are very valuable. they give the members of the branch and the bar a chance to get together and understand the differing perspectives they have a little better. they were not as necessary in earlier days when they reacted on a regular basis and could gain some insight through that normal interaction. like the time when they were arguing before a judge in england. he said i have three arguments today. one of which is a complete dead cinch winner. one of which is so-so. it could go either way. one of which is utterly frivolous. the
thank you for having us here. thank you to the panelists for engaging in the conversation of the court. >> now supreme court speaks inice roberts white sulfur springs, west virginia. the supreme court wrapped up its 2013 term this week come announcing decisions on affirmative action, the voting rights law, and the defense of marriage act. this is about 40 minutes. >> even the not can it. i just wanted to have a few comments before i set down with judge wilkinson. i think these...
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that helps us grow. here is the bottom line. congress should pass a budget that cut things we don't need and closes wasteful tax loopholes that don't help create jobs so that we can free up resources for the things that actually do create jobs and growth. building new roads, building new bridges and schools and airports. that creates jobs. educating our kids and our workers for a global economy. that helps us grow. investing in science and that keeps research our businesses and military on the cutting edge. that is vital for our economic future. the question is in between growth and fiscal responsibility. we need both. the question can't be how much more we can cut. it has got to be how many more jobs we can create. how money more kids can we educate? how much more shared prosperity can we generate? because in america, our economy does not grow from the top down. it grows from the middle class out. as long as i'm president, and national mission will remain building in america where everything belongs --
that helps us grow. here is the bottom line. congress should pass a budget that cut things we don't need and closes wasteful tax loopholes that don't help create jobs so that we can free up resources for the things that actually do create jobs and growth. building new roads, building new bridges and schools and airports. that creates jobs. educating our kids and our workers for a global economy. that helps us grow. investing in science and that keeps research our businesses and military on the...
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those stories should remind us what brought us here. why did we seek a life of public service? why did we get involved? it wasn't just to come to a gala. i mean it's nice. everybody looks nice but it wasn't to cash in after service. we may not have hitchhiked across the country but everybody at some point felt that same tug, that voice in our heads telling us stand up, speak out, try to make a difference, remember what you know to be true, what you know to be just, what you know to be fair and be willing to fight for it and don't be timid about it. [applause] and maybe sometimes it's not going to work out right away but if you stay at it again and again and again and you do not waiver eventually we make a difference. that's important. while all our challenges are different from the ones faced by previous generations, we're going to need the same courage of a robert avery, all those marchers from 50 years ago, the same desire to get involved, the same courage to make our voices heard, to stand up whether it's for quality healthcare or good education or children safety or equal o
those stories should remind us what brought us here. why did we seek a life of public service? why did we get involved? it wasn't just to come to a gala. i mean it's nice. everybody looks nice but it wasn't to cash in after service. we may not have hitchhiked across the country but everybody at some point felt that same tug, that voice in our heads telling us stand up, speak out, try to make a difference, remember what you know to be true, what you know to be just, what you know to be fair and...
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host: our guest with us for a few more minutes. robert from new york. here is mary from pennsylvania, republican line. mary, are you there? my question is, uighurs so much about everyone else's rights. if you are a single person and you can have six kids, you are being rewarded. systems no reward anymore for being a married couple trying to make it and do the right thing. you get married, you have children. so have the kids first, it is a distraction of the family. -- destruction of the family. i was raised catholic. i saw they have let that ball drop. now it is so out of control that were trying to figure a way out of this big mess. guest: i think your question should be directed to a cleric or the social agenda or domestic agenda of the administration. is dealing with the diplomatic engagement of the holy see and u.s. i think it's more of a domestic policy question. host: what was your greatest accomplishment during your term? guest: we helped shape the iraq debate. i also like to think that we advanced understanding of the linkage between the u.s. an
host: our guest with us for a few more minutes. robert from new york. here is mary from pennsylvania, republican line. mary, are you there? my question is, uighurs so much about everyone else's rights. if you are a single person and you can have six kids, you are being rewarded. systems no reward anymore for being a married couple trying to make it and do the right thing. you get married, you have children. so have the kids first, it is a distraction of the family. -- destruction of the family....
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useful? >> i joke it is taken me to go back to being a more low-tech. interviews, aace lot more notes taken on paper. i went for completely routine not very sensitive stuff. in that case, i am not doing a lot of typing. i am not keeping more assistive contacts on my iphone or any sort of electronic device. i have colleagues that go even further working on machines that have no internet connection, working in rooms. prevent outsiders from trying to identify. look, there is nothing i am working on and i think for many of my colleagues, if the government were to learn the substance of the story i am building, that is fine. i am worried about protecting the source. keeping people who are cool operating with me from getting hauled in front of court and to caseand in almost every what is a legitimate well- founded reason for communicate. not people who are seeking to burn it down the government or .ngaging in wholesale theft they are talking about specific issues and a narrow circumscribed way beca
useful? >> i joke it is taken me to go back to being a more low-tech. interviews, aace lot more notes taken on paper. i went for completely routine not very sensitive stuff. in that case, i am not doing a lot of typing. i am not keeping more assistive contacts on my iphone or any sort of electronic device. i have colleagues that go even further working on machines that have no internet connection, working in rooms. prevent outsiders from trying to identify. look, there is nothing i am...
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trying to help us to find out -- we are talking, come with us. come with us to turkey. my mother is going to turkey. my girlfriend is here. if they get killed i am in turkey, how can i leave? how can i be in that situation. they ask these questions every day. >> where are the men of fighting age? they joined the opposition. they did not want to maybe, they did not want to fight, they did not like both sides. aleppo was not joining the fight, for example, until the fight came aleppo. once you lose everything, you see your mother and your father, in a refugee camp, living with very little ditty, then your choices are very clear. and most likely you lost family members. that would turn anybody into -- >> >> it is important to take pictures of the complexity of the situation. it is not the good and the bad. it is everything is really complicated. there were engineers, somebody killed in a bomb. you want revenge but you are not politically involved in the rebels. so for me, those complex pictures tell the story in a different way and show that confusion because the war is co
trying to help us to find out -- we are talking, come with us. come with us to turkey. my mother is going to turkey. my girlfriend is here. if they get killed i am in turkey, how can i leave? how can i be in that situation. they ask these questions every day. >> where are the men of fighting age? they joined the opposition. they did not want to maybe, they did not want to fight, they did not like both sides. aleppo was not joining the fight, for example, until the fight came aleppo. once...
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us can live long and prosper. organizationlth had a commission on the social determinants of health in 2008. i'm going to quote from them because they say it better than i did. the circumstances in which people grow, live, work and age and the systems put in place to deal with illness in other words , the conditions in which people live and die are shaped by political, social and economic forces. if you look at the context of the usa, there are him as people have been saying throughout the session, there are places where there are huge gaps in life expectancy very near to each other. the city of baltimore, the social the poorest strata have about a 25% shorter life expectancy than the wealthiest. , the socialtters determinants of health matter. the gentleman in the previous session made a point about education. tracks inhink about which the schools are not adequate. our foods tracks deserts so even if you want to eat right you can't very easily. there is no transportation system, public, that can get you where you
us can live long and prosper. organizationlth had a commission on the social determinants of health in 2008. i'm going to quote from them because they say it better than i did. the circumstances in which people grow, live, work and age and the systems put in place to deal with illness in other words , the conditions in which people live and die are shaped by political, social and economic forces. if you look at the context of the usa, there are him as people have been saying throughout the...
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deal with us. >> wow. is there way to push forward? >> i think the flipside of this is people showing up. media candidate dissented sense of connection -- can give sense ofeptive connection that is not as deep. what you want is having a sense of who you're speaking to and what they can offer. that we're not blaming walking up to people and saying, here is what i have. you walk up with the novel of knowledge. people want to be helpful, but you want to make it as easy as it is for them to be helpful. you do not have to do deeper likeing -- deep googling for a first date. [laughter] have a sense of what they consider valuable so you can figure out how to message what you are doing better. >> what do you think? i think ishe things most important in washington is being able to quickly let people know what it is that you do. how can you be helpful to them? it is a two-way street. women in particular are challenged by this. banks and bills we use as our careers grow. people did not say their names necessarily. yo
deal with us. >> wow. is there way to push forward? >> i think the flipside of this is people showing up. media candidate dissented sense of connection -- can give sense ofeptive connection that is not as deep. what you want is having a sense of who you're speaking to and what they can offer. that we're not blaming walking up to people and saying, here is what i have. you walk up with the novel of knowledge. people want to be helpful, but you want to make it as easy as it is for...
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being with us here was not essential. we called them and try to explain to the socket -- to the social security people that we were here to talk about raising the debt ceiling, but apparently, the hearing of older people is better than it used to be. they snuff this out. [laughter] we will try to cover for him as best we can. sit down and just a second. i'm going to throw it open to the group here. we've heard a lot of topics during the course of the day, and i will just mention a couple of things. i'm going to let you guys go, whatever interests you in this group. we have been talking about the general phenomenon of longer retirements and how to deal with that. there are the two scenarios people have been debating, the drooling on your shoes versus living long and prosper in. are there health policy changes that we should consider in regard to trying to avoid the drooling scenario and get the prosper scenario? the gaps between blue and white collar employees and their prospective retirements. the phenomenon, of widows, t
being with us here was not essential. we called them and try to explain to the socket -- to the social security people that we were here to talk about raising the debt ceiling, but apparently, the hearing of older people is better than it used to be. they snuff this out. [laughter] we will try to cover for him as best we can. sit down and just a second. i'm going to throw it open to the group here. we've heard a lot of topics during the course of the day, and i will just mention a couple of...
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the -- using -- actually mainly using recovery funds, the department has supported the deployment of a substantial number of what are called phasers in the transmission grid so essentially making detailed phase measurements. and this is a -- seeing issues there. again, collecting the data, of course, and analyzing the data can be a way of getting a very, very strong signal about impending problems and -- and giving one the opportunity to -- to address them. so that's just one example of a lot of what i would call smart technology that we are trying to help to deploy. actually, an example i already mentioned in my remarks, was today's -- this morning's event with governor christie in terms of actually trying to move towards building, i mean, a physical micro grid of nontrivial scale there. it will, by the way, include, assuming the project goes forward to full -- to full construction, it will include a lot of integration of renewables in that micro grid as well. now, i think the -- the -- there's a much bigger story in terms of especially remote, large-scale renewables, wind and solar
the -- using -- actually mainly using recovery funds, the department has supported the deployment of a substantial number of what are called phasers in the transmission grid so essentially making detailed phase measurements. and this is a -- seeing issues there. again, collecting the data, of course, and analyzing the data can be a way of getting a very, very strong signal about impending problems and -- and giving one the opportunity to -- to address them. so that's just one example of a lot...
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they give us their name, they give us their address, they may give us their bank account information or social security number, whatever is necessary to process that complaint. and it's very important for us to make sure that that information is safeguarded from a security and a privacy standpoint. and we've been as careful as we can to do that. >> but what about other broad categories like information you collected about credit card transactions or mortgages. >> that information is de-identified, as apparently a it term of art. we are not interested with the credit card data. a ranking member and i had a colloquy about this earlier. >>> we don't need or want to know what you and i or other individuals are spending or what our patterns of behavior are. what we're looking for is the kind of information that will allow us to oversee the financial institutions. how they're treating their customers. are they complying with the law? what is the pattern of late fees and interest rates. it's the same data we used to fulfill our responsibility to congress. you all mandated that we do a repor
they give us their name, they give us their address, they may give us their bank account information or social security number, whatever is necessary to process that complaint. and it's very important for us to make sure that that information is safeguarded from a security and a privacy standpoint. and we've been as careful as we can to do that. >> but what about other broad categories like information you collected about credit card transactions or mortgages. >> that information is...
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let us achieve like americans again. let us lead like americans again. let us believe like americans again. in ourselves, in our nation, in one another. together, we can. together, we must. and together, we will. god bless you, new hampshire. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ we take care of our own we take care of our own wherever this flag is flown ♪ >> wow. [laughter] i want to thank all of you for coming tonight. this indeed is a record. the largest jefferson-jackson celebration we have had in over 10 years. thank you for being here. thank you to our sponsors. thank you to the staff. thank you all for coming. we will see you in a couple months. thank you all. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> ♪ wherever this flag is flown we take care of our own ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thanks a lot. thanks for all you guys have done. thank you. hey, man. thanks a lot. hey, thanks. >> [indiscernible] [indiscernible] >> thank you. [indiscernible] >> thank you. thank you. where are you fr
let us achieve like americans again. let us lead like americans again. let us believe like americans again. in ourselves, in our nation, in one another. together, we can. together, we must. and together, we will. god bless you, new hampshire. [applause] ♪ >> ♪ we take care of our own we take care of our own wherever this flag is flown ♪ >> wow. [laughter] i want to thank all of you for coming tonight. this indeed is a record. the largest jefferson-jackson celebration we have...
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instead of us? who will be the salt if we are not the salt? if we lose the value, what will replace it? the same is true for america. look around the world. statistics tell us the most persecuted groups in the world from a numerical point of view is christians. i am not just talking about remote areas. i am talking about china and egypt. they are christians. sisterssh brothers and understand persecution all too well. it has been the story of jewish people for over 5000 years. people who are persecuted because of their faith, who worship in hiding, who are killed in bonds and places in -- of worship destroyed, if we do not speak out, who will? when tyrants rise and radicals threaten the use and safety of the world, it when america does not step forward and say this is wrong and something should be done about it, who will? i do not advocate america try to solve every civil war. i am saying to you there is nothing to replace us. i promise you it is not the united nations. [laughter] i promise you it is
instead of us? who will be the salt if we are not the salt? if we lose the value, what will replace it? the same is true for america. look around the world. statistics tell us the most persecuted groups in the world from a numerical point of view is christians. i am not just talking about remote areas. i am talking about china and egypt. they are christians. sisterssh brothers and understand persecution all too well. it has been the story of jewish people for over 5000 years. people who are...
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things for very much -- thanks very much for being with us. senior congressional energyondent, covering environmental issues put together with the with us. back to the white house, and the headlights of the washington post is that they urged the obama administration to bypass congress. what do you hear? >> i think that is old news, no new news. that is what has been going on for several years, essentially since the 2010 congressional election. i think that has been their whole strategy on environmental policy, and a bunch of other things since republican to the house in 2010. it is a little hard for me to imagine how they can double down on that. i think they are there already. i can imagine that continuing to >> what is your biggest concern? >> it is what it is now, which is that the obama administration in many cases in environmental action and others as going beyond his constitutional authority, going beyond their role in terms of executive action. i think that should be a very
things for very much -- thanks very much for being with us. senior congressional energyondent, covering environmental issues put together with the with us. back to the white house, and the headlights of the washington post is that they urged the obama administration to bypass congress. what do you hear? >> i think that is old news, no new news. that is what has been going on for several years, essentially since the 2010 congressional election. i think that has been their whole strategy on...
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us -- they hammered us to get this right. today or an editorial yesterday that referred to a vague description on what is going on. would you ever use the word? -- the word? them absolutely not. -- >> absolutely not. they will tell us what is wrong with the things as he put it into the draft. the justice department does a great job with that. to end with two others. the civil liberties and privacy officer at dni is superb in ensuring what we do. hiring a new civil liberty and privacy officer to ensure that we do this right, as well. be any their restrictions on the civil liberties and privacy officer as to what he or she cannot look at ? >> no restrictions as long as it complies with the law. estimate on how many man- -- >> ihem a i cannot, cannot at the top of my head. it is easily tens of thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars we spend on oversight of this program. compliance the 300 officers in the and essay a loan, let alone the rest of the apparatus at the nsa devoted to staff, dod staff, the department of justic
us -- they hammered us to get this right. today or an editorial yesterday that referred to a vague description on what is going on. would you ever use the word? -- the word? them absolutely not. -- >> absolutely not. they will tell us what is wrong with the things as he put it into the draft. the justice department does a great job with that. to end with two others. the civil liberties and privacy officer at dni is superb in ensuring what we do. hiring a new civil liberty and privacy...
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tighe, can you help us? >> the primary statutory change recommended was the change to the cost of attendance. there has been some modest movement in the senate through the appropriations bill for this year that will look at pell grant but i would urge congress to look at it as a total package of not just pell but also loans one can get. looking at pell could possibly lead to a perverse situation where a financial aid administrator would do two calculations for cost of its -- attendance, one for pell and one for loans. one student might borrow more. i don't know the department has put in any kind of proposal to change the cost of attendance. >> if you will summarize -- >> you have a written report at this time? >> we did do a written report on the fraud rings i talked about. >> thank you. >> i might remind all those that the ranking member and i in the last congress had the data act that would have changed recipient reporting and the databases on which these kind of investigations happen. i'm not sure you can
tighe, can you help us? >> the primary statutory change recommended was the change to the cost of attendance. there has been some modest movement in the senate through the appropriations bill for this year that will look at pell grant but i would urge congress to look at it as a total package of not just pell but also loans one can get. looking at pell could possibly lead to a perverse situation where a financial aid administrator would do two calculations for cost of its -- attendance,...
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shame on us. we believe freedom incentivizes ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and that makes america an exceptional nation. in the last few years, we have been talking about american exceptionalism, the idea that this country is better. as republicans, we have criticized president obama for not agreeing in -- believing in an increase in this. not only american exceptionalism, but we also define it. during the inauguration, i heard a lot of commentators talk about a peaceful transfer of power that we have got in this country. even as we must never take for granted the peaceful transition we have, america is not great because of the design of our government. america is not exceptional because of that. the genius of america is in our strength and power in growth that comes from individual actions. [applause] government does not order greatness. it cannot command outcomes. individuals, taking risks, building businesses, inventing things, and passing immutable values from one generation to t
shame on us. we believe freedom incentivizes ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and that makes america an exceptional nation. in the last few years, we have been talking about american exceptionalism, the idea that this country is better. as republicans, we have criticized president obama for not agreeing in -- believing in an increase in this. not only american exceptionalism, but we also define it. during the inauguration, i heard a lot of commentators talk about a peaceful transfer...
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navy, air force, this is about us, not us versus them. it is about the collective enterprise stepping forward. he cannot afford to each have our own -- pick something -- it might be the right thing to do to establish an enterprise solution for a particular business area or may be data standards are the way to change the outcome. it really depends on, where do you want to go, how fast you it all starts with transparency and trust. >> in addition to that, i would say a very key component of this is discipline. one of the things that we lack is organizational discipline. trust and transparency, absolute prerequisites. in order to be successful, you need to be able to establish discipline to be able to execute in a way that is repeatable and sustainable. that is an area where gao is very helpful. i think all federal agencies -- they point out not just obvious missteps, but they also provide recommendations that say, here is a course of action. there are steps you can take. what is needed is discipline to be able to execute against that. that
navy, air force, this is about us, not us versus them. it is about the collective enterprise stepping forward. he cannot afford to each have our own -- pick something -- it might be the right thing to do to establish an enterprise solution for a particular business area or may be data standards are the way to change the outcome. it really depends on, where do you want to go, how fast you it all starts with transparency and trust. >> in addition to that, i would say a very key component of...
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as i said earlier, for being with us today. i'm majestic question relating to combat a made in my opening statement and that is about the number of licensing actions decreasing by 40% and yet nuclear safety budget has increased by 40%. numbers and those the quite critical of the agency. your responsibility has gone down, your budget is going up in the country has a debt approaching $18 trillion. i would just ask each of you individually if you wouldn't mind commenting briefly. his criticism like this valid or is there a valid reason for budgets to grow up that much? chairman mcfarland. budgets a chart of the of the nrc in actual dollars and in constant dollars from 2003 2 fiscal year 2013. i think you can see that basically if you look at the constant dollars, which is a correct impression over time, that the budget now in 2013 is since 2007.s been we had, that was before to the mountain. we are where's confidence and fukushima. i would argue we are doing much more with less. for thistotal budget year? >> in constant dollars th
as i said earlier, for being with us today. i'm majestic question relating to combat a made in my opening statement and that is about the number of licensing actions decreasing by 40% and yet nuclear safety budget has increased by 40%. numbers and those the quite critical of the agency. your responsibility has gone down, your budget is going up in the country has a debt approaching $18 trillion. i would just ask each of you individually if you wouldn't mind commenting briefly. his criticism...
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thank you for joining us. i have heard a lot from the debt limit deniers about how october 17 is not the day we default. we hear that they assure nothing will happen since we can pay china and wall street first, but the fact of the matter is, on that day, october 17, the day we run out of borrowing capacity is a thursday, which happens to be the date the treasury holds its weekly auction. comment, if you could, what would happen at that auction if we do not raise the debt limit. what could happen if -- what are substantiallys increase? what would happen if we are unable to roll over the $100 billion in debt. >> i am not going to comment on what markets might do. i think the history is clear that anxiety leading up the boat 2011 cost a bad market reaction. we have seen in the last few days on the ease, certainly with maturities in the. between october 17 and the period after that. i can say the consequences of in it -- any inability for us to roll over would be quite serious. budget, of a household it is like i
thank you for joining us. i have heard a lot from the debt limit deniers about how october 17 is not the day we default. we hear that they assure nothing will happen since we can pay china and wall street first, but the fact of the matter is, on that day, october 17, the day we run out of borrowing capacity is a thursday, which happens to be the date the treasury holds its weekly auction. comment, if you could, what would happen at that auction if we do not raise the debt limit. what could...
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do us a favor -- it is not fair. ask a question. we have wonderful answers coming. >> my question is, obviously the penultimate in an evening on women in the white house would be a woman in the white house, but it was not until hillary ran that people started to question, what with this costume, the first man? how come nobody asks what the first lady who may have come in to office with her husband -- nobody really cares or wants her to continue in her full-time profession -- i wonder if you could comment on that. >> that is true about everything. it is still true -- i was just appalled and the 2008 election that it was still true. you know candidates are asked, who will take care of the children -- female candidates are asked, who will ever take care of the children? never has a male candidate then asked, who will take care of the children? as far as i know, they have children. [laughter] it is a double standard that still exists. until we have the experience of having a male first dude, we are going to puzzle about it until that ha
do us a favor -- it is not fair. ask a question. we have wonderful answers coming. >> my question is, obviously the penultimate in an evening on women in the white house would be a woman in the white house, but it was not until hillary ran that people started to question, what with this costume, the first man? how come nobody asks what the first lady who may have come in to office with her husband -- nobody really cares or wants her to continue in her full-time profession -- i wonder if...
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this is critical to us. .- united states this is critical to us. how are air is received and how we clean it up is important. aesthetically, commercially, and legally. most of the refineries are outside of the city borders. the state controls our implementation plan. the federal government controls the standard we have to meet. the private sector as was possible for a significant amount of the output. nobody wants to pay for any of it. but we have to do something. issue number eight. unintended consequences. small thingsis the that cause the most grief. pass an exotic animal ordinance for the city of houston. for a while, we had a proliferation where everyone wanted to pass a big -- own a big cat. a reallyne coon, but big cat. i wanted to pass an ordinance banning dangerous big animals. they healthy work it out. we did a laundry list of lions, tigers, bears, guerrillas, things that you could have. the last item on the list was fair. they were going to ban ferrets. i don't know if your member when york city bans ferrets, and people took to the stree
this is critical to us. .- united states this is critical to us. how are air is received and how we clean it up is important. aesthetically, commercially, and legally. most of the refineries are outside of the city borders. the state controls our implementation plan. the federal government controls the standard we have to meet. the private sector as was possible for a significant amount of the output. nobody wants to pay for any of it. but we have to do something. issue number eight. unintended...
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many of us have gay people in our families. to have a gay person in your family and to say you understand what is going on is like saying you have a cousin who is a doctor. we are fighting a barrage of top agenda. there is punishment if you speak out and say, i am not quite sure that is right. the justice department, a memo just went out to managers saying to them, you must not speak against homosexuality. silence is not enough. you must affirm. you cannot talk about relationships in terms of man and wife. you have to talk about partner. when you are at the water cooler, be sure we are listening to your conversations. you think it is not a hard, difficult time to be a christian conservative at justice? i can tell you that it is. our kids have grown up in an absolute ocean of propaganda on homosexuality. in the 1980's there was the rainbow curriculum that started in new york. there are all these projects to talk about hate. our kids are the product of the propaganda taught in the public schools. when i read the republican autops
many of us have gay people in our families. to have a gay person in your family and to say you understand what is going on is like saying you have a cousin who is a doctor. we are fighting a barrage of top agenda. there is punishment if you speak out and say, i am not quite sure that is right. the justice department, a memo just went out to managers saying to them, you must not speak against homosexuality. silence is not enough. you must affirm. you cannot talk about relationships in terms of...
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well andare cameras as it used to be cost prohibitive. but it's now becoming much more cost-effective. $800 a month can get you these cameras in the store that can process what people are looking at a gathering this information. the information is interesting because it goes to the notion of general tracking, jenrette -- gender a proximate age verses the actual person. this is joe smith that he was here and he was in our other and when you town are tracking individual verses regular transactions, there are some advantages from the commercial perspective to assist the customer in the commercial experience. made andhas to be there has to be disclosure as to what is happening and what is going on and how that need to be so people can evaluate. that store as tracking, maybe i will shop there. is that what's going to happen? if the information taken from the store is used to set up where the sales rack is -- how people track within the store and different deals, that could be beneficial to consumers. i find it fascinating. with a basic questio
well andare cameras as it used to be cost prohibitive. but it's now becoming much more cost-effective. $800 a month can get you these cameras in the store that can process what people are looking at a gathering this information. the information is interesting because it goes to the notion of general tracking, jenrette -- gender a proximate age verses the actual person. this is joe smith that he was here and he was in our other and when you town are tracking individual verses regular...
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for us tois very easy try to use that kind of a language. this is a required, mandatory appropriation of nearly $1.7 billion and appropriations from the nine states treasury that is required -- from the united states treasury that is required and needed. to the chairman of's point, -- chairman apostle point, -- point, the act requires at the end of every fiscal year which includes the fha must have sufficient oferves to cover 100% anticipated future losses. the fha's rogue worms -- programs are subject to the federal reform act. they can take advantage of permit and definite authority to cover increases in cost for outstanding loans and loan guarantees. that is all this is. this authority allows the fha access to u.s. treasury funds without congressional approval for any funds needed to balance its books. that is what this is. that is what is in the law. it is no kind of bailout. importantk it is very that we be honest with the american people so they know this is codified in the act of 1990. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas.
for us tois very easy try to use that kind of a language. this is a required, mandatory appropriation of nearly $1.7 billion and appropriations from the nine states treasury that is required -- from the united states treasury that is required and needed. to the chairman of's point, -- chairman apostle point, -- point, the act requires at the end of every fiscal year which includes the fha must have sufficient oferves to cover 100% anticipated future losses. the fha's rogue worms -- programs are...